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Corner Tower, Beijing, China - 10th February 2015

By: goomymia

Dear mum,

We finally made it to the corner tower!
Mia said it is the northwest corner tower of the Forbidden City. There are four of them in total.
I took a photo with Crabs, haha we love that photo.
Here are some info I found online:

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At the four corners of the wall sit towers with intricate roofs boasting 72 ridges, reproducing the Pavilion of Prince Teng and the Yellow Crane Pavilion as they appeared in Song dynasty paintings. These towers are the most visible parts of the palace to commoners outside the walls, and much folklore is attached to them. According to one legend, artisans could not put a corner tower back together after it was dismantled for renovations in the early Qing dynasty, it was only rebuilt after the intervention of carpenter-immortal Lu Ban.

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GiGi

Posted Feb 16, 2015, 1:05 am [Quote]